Cash-register.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

L. COONEY, JR OASH REGISTER. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 27. 1904.

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w m d L No. 823,767. PATENTED JUNE 19,- 1906.

L. GOONBY, JR.

CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27. 1904.

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Suva whoa I UNIT D STATES ATENT. OFFICE.

LUKE OOONEY, JR., OF HICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeNOn, BY MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOTHE NATIONAL oAsn REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented June 19, 1906.

' Original application filed June 4, 1903, Serial No. 160,038; Divided and application filed July 27,1804; Sena1lfo.218,385.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUKE-OOONEY, Jr., a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chipresent invention to provide certain improvements in connection with the registering mechanism, and I have shown these improvements as applied to the: type of machine shown and described in my Patent No.

575,331, dated January 19, 1897, although it will be apparent that these improvements could equally well be applied to various other types'of machines. I

. With these and incident objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and -a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

Oi said drawings, Figure 1 represents a top pla V view of a machine of theclass mentioned with my improvements applied thereto, the cabinet of the machine being removed. Fig. 2 represents a transverse vertical section through the same on a line 2 2 shown in Fig. 1.. Fig. 2 representsa detail vertical section through the counter and counter-actuatingdevices. Figs 2 and 2 represent detail views of the counter, showing the parts in two di'iierent positions. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation taken from the ri ht of the machine, the cabinet being shown in section Fig. 3 represents'an enlarged detail rear ele vation of one of the registering-frames, Its

register-operating wheels, and the connecting parts.

Many of the parts shown in the present drawings are described in detail in the aforesaid patent, to which patent reference may be had for a complete description of the machine, only enough being described herein to give a complete understanding of the nature of the present improvements. Described in general terms, however, this machine comprises a series of pivoted key-levers which cooperate with a rocking frame to actuate the latter and cause it to effect the operation of a register-operating ear-wheel, said frame turning the countereel-in one direction only, and the operation of the keys resultsin. I i

the raising of suitable tablet-indicators to display the amount of the purchase.

. In the drawings,1 represents the frame of the machine 2, the amount-keys 3, the registering-fram'e; 4, the register-operating wheel, and 5 the indicators. The keys 2 are pivoted upon a transverse shaft 8 in such manner that their reanends cooperate with and become coupled to the stepped registeringframe 3. This frame 3 carries a pivoted pawl 3*, (see Figs. 3 and 3 which engages the register-operating wheel 4 and is provided with a tailpiece 3*, whereby it is locked in engagement with the register-operating wheel. This locking is accomplished by .the longitudinal slide 3, which looks the keys to the registering-frame, as described in said patent. An arm or hook 3 of the slide projects over the tail 3" of the pawl when the plate 3? is moved longitudinally by the keys. Apivoted bell-crankpawl 3 is mounted on the registering-frame by a pin 3, which projects through an elongated slot 3 formed in the slide 3. A h1g3 projects from, the bellcrank pawl 3 into the path of one of the fingers of the plate 3, so that when the latter is moved longitudinally the pawl 3 will be turned upon its 'pivot and will engage the under side of the tailpiece 3 to lock the pawls 3 firmly to the register-operating wheel. It will be observed that the locking engagement between the pawl 3 and the pawl 3 is a direct pressure and will result in'very little wear taking place at these points.

The re 'ster or counter operating wheel 4 is lorme upon its eriphery with gear-teeth 9, which mesh wit a pinion 10, mounted fast upon a short shaft 11, WlllGll is journaled in the main frame. This shaft 11 carries a toothed wheel 12, which meshes with a similarly toothed wheel 13, journaled on the counter-shaft 14. (See Fig. 2.) This Wheel 13 carries a registering or counting wheel 15,

a transfer-disk 16, and a locking-disk 17, as more clearly shown in Fig. 1. The registering-wheel 15 is numbered from 5 to.50

in multiples of five. Therefore after it has made one complete revolution it must register fifty cents on the succeeding register a and turns said wheel one tooth. The wheel toothed wheel 22.

19 carries a scalloped locking-disk21 and a (See Fig. 22% The scalloped disk cooperates with the ocking-disk 1'7, while'the toothed wheel 22 engages the teeth of a driving wheel 23, fast to the registering-wheel 18. The locking-disk 17, however, 1s formed in proximity to the tooth 16 with a recess 24 for the accommodation of one of the teeth of the scalloped wheel 21 during the transferring o eration, which construction of locking an transferring teeth, and disks is old and well known in the art.

The above description suflices for all the succeeding transfers, which are identicalinexl;

- cepting the transfer of the wheel 18, w

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alternately r isters zero and fifty and must be thus provided with a corresponding number of transfer-teeth 16 and recesses 24 in its locking-disk. As before stated, the shaft is mounted in the main frame; but the shaft 14 of the counter-wheels is mounted in a pivoted or hinged frame 25, which is in turn mounted on the main frame, so that it may be rocked to disengage the driving-pinions of the counter-wheels from the transferinions and the primary driving-wheel 12-. This disengagement becomes necessary when it is desired to rotate the shaft 14 to turn the counter-wheels to their-zerb positions. The

shaft 14 is provided with a series of small spring-pressed plungers 26, which engzi-ge t eir respective counter-wheels with a ictional contact, so that while said wheels are free to turn independently they will be picked up by the shaft and returned to a zero posi tion when said shaft is rotated. This rotation of'the shaft is accomplished by a milled pins 30, mounted on the respective counterwheels. When the frame 25 is rocked back to disengagethe counter-pinions from the transfer-pinions and the mam driving-pinion, the counter-wheels are moved to such a position that the bar 29 will be engaged by the pin 30 and arrest the counter-wheels at the zero position. v

, The counter-frame 25 is normally locked in its lowered position by a notched lever 31, mounted upon a rock-shaft 32, which is mounted in the main frame. and 2.). A pin 34, mounted on the counterframe, normall projects into the notch of the lever 31. en it is desired to elevate the counter-frame to disen age the pinions, the lever 31 is drawnforwar (See Figs.-2

which action moves the walls of the notch 35 out of engagement described, the lever 36 is drawn upward and forward, which causes the counter-frame to move upward and forward, the lower end of the'lever 36 passing over the bar 42 of the mainframe and holding the counter in this position, as shown in Fig. 2. As it. is desirable tokeep an account of the number of times the counter-frame is so elevated to turn the counter-wheels to zero, the shaft 32 is provided with a crank-arm 37, which is connected to a similar crank-arm 38 of any suitable form of countin device 39 by a pinion 40. This counting evice 239 is a sealed counter and is arranged to count one upon each 0 eration in a manner well known in the art. t will be observed from the above description that the counter-wheels are locked .against being turnedto zero when the counter-frame'is in its lower position and that said frame cannot be moved to its upper or will engage the main frame. After the-p1n34 has been released, as abovedisengaging position until thelever 31 has first been operated, which operation results in the operation of the counter 39.

While the form of mechanism here shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil theobjects primarily stated, it is to be understood that lt'is not desired to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment here disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a registering-machine, the combination with a counter-operating mechanism, of

a counter mounted in a movable frame for permitting disengagement of the counter rom its operating mechanism, stop provisions formed on the counter elements, and a stationary abutment cooperating with said projections to limit the zero-setting movement of said wheels when the same are.

rocked out-of engagement with the counteroperating mechanism.

3. In a registering-machine, the combination with a counter-o erating' mechanism, of a series of counter-w eels operated thereby and mounted in a movable frame, a manipulative device for moving said wheels to rock said counter-wheels out of engagement with their operating mechanism and to hold the same latched in depressed position, a turnto-zero shaft for said counter-wheels, s ringpressed pins carried by said shaft an frictionally engaging said counter-wheels to re set the same to zero by the rotation of said shaft, stop projections mounted on said wheels, and a stationary abutment cooperating with said projections to limit the zerosetting movement of said wheels when the same are rocked out of engagement with the counter-operating mechanism.

4, In a registering-machine, the combination with a counter-o crating mechanism, of

* a series of counterw eels operated thereb and mounted in a movable frame, a han operated lifting-lever attached to said frame for rocking the latter to disengage the counter-wheelsfrom their operating mechanism, a latching-lever adjacent to said lifting-lever and cooperating with a rejection on said frame to latch the latter 1n normal position, a stationary abutment cooperating with said lifting-lever to latch the frame in displaced position when the same is rocked to disengage the counter, stop provisions carried by the counter-wheels, and a stationary abutment cooperating with said stop provisions to limit the resetting movement of the counter-wheels when said frame is rocked to disengage the counter, substantially as described. V

5. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of keys, of a registerin -frame 0 erated thereby, an operating-paw mounte on said frame, a register-operating wheel arranged to be engaged by the pawl, a lockingawl mounted on said frame and arranged to ock the first-mentioned awl t0 the wheel, means operated by the eys for positively actuating the said locking-pawl to causethe same to enga e the operating-pawl, and a counter contro led by the operating-wheel.

6. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of operating-keys, of a registeringframe, a slide carried by said frame and operated by the keys, a register-operating wheel, a pawl mounted on the frame and enga g the wheel, a pivoted pawl also mounte on said frame and operated by the slide to lock the first-mentioned pawl to the operatingwheel, and a counter controlled by said wheel. 7. In a cash-register, thecombinati'on with a register-operating member, of aregistering frame, a pawl mounted on said frame and frame and operated by the slide to lock the first-mentioned pawl to the wheel.

9. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of operating-keys, of a registeringframe, a register-operating wheel, a pawl mounted on the frame and enga ing the wheel, and a movable device carried by said frame and actuated by said keys upon their initial movement to positively actuate said pawl and lock the same into engagement with the register-operating wheel, and likewise effect the locking of said pawl to said movable device. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' LUKE COONEY, JR. Witnesses: I

WM. 0. HENDERSON, J. B. HAYWARD. 

